Comments on: Do You Have to Spell It Out for God? https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/ on Life and Love Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Stacey Pardoe https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328884 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:54:12 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328884 Lisa! It’s been a long time since we’ve connected! So blessed to read your words today! I love this: “Because of this, when we talk with God, we can pray with confidence that he needs no backstory. We may go into detail if WE need to talk it out for ourselves, but we don’t have to fill in every detail for God’s sake.” I hope you are well. I will be trying to link up more often again, and I cannot wait to glean from your wisdom more often!

]]> By: Paula Short https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328861 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:54:38 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328861 Love this Lisa –> “ Because God made us out of love and sustains us out of love, he is always acting out of love for us already.”. Blessings.
Visiting today from Tune In Thursday #1

]]> By: Theresa Boedeker https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328854 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 03:48:32 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328854 Communication would be so much easier if people knew what I was saying, or trying to say. So thankful God doesn’t keep asking what am I saying? That one person knows, even when I don’t know.

]]> By: David https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328844 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:09:43 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328844 In reply to David.

(left a comment upstream too.)

]]> By: David https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328843 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:03:09 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328843 Beautiful description of God’s love and knowledge. Trying to explain myself — noticing where I ‘m reticent — often helps, but knowing I can just call “Dear Lord, I am falling — catch me!” is … such a shocking and moving thing to remember.

]]> By: Barb Hegreberg https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328835 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 01:57:13 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328835 I love that we can start anywhere in the narrative & God understands. We don’t have to give Him the details or explain anything.

But talking to other people can be much more complicated.

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328832 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:59:10 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328832 In reply to Barbara Harper.

Great examples of this, Barbara. I agree; culture often can come into play with how much or how little we need to explain to others. And I also agree that thankfully we don’t have to worry about asking for too much with God. We can trust him with the appropriate answers.

]]> By: Barbara Harper https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328831 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:56:53 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328831 One story that has always stuck with me was when a friend was on the mission field. They received new coworkers, and, while they were fine people, they were just different personalities. They thought differently about nearly everything. Which wasn’t a problem, except sometimes there was a little undercurrent of tension over misunderstood motives or thoughts about how to do things. This friend spoke of taking a walk in order to spend some time in prayer, and finding herself over-explaining to God. She realized she didn’t have to do that, that He understood her completely, and it was such a relief. That relief was almost palpable as she told the story. Sometimes I’ll find myself in the middle of telling God all the details about a situation and find myself stopping and saying, “Well, you know, Father.”

But sometimes, as your daughter said, I know what I want yet am hesitant to say. Just last night I shared a Christmas idea with my daughter-in-law–her mom really doesn’t have to get me anything. And, honestly, I’d rather we parents-in-law didn’t exchange gifts with each other. But she comes from a culture where gift-giving is a big thing. Yet she’s often at a loss for what to give me, so I came up with an idea. Yet I stopped short of specifying colors I’d like. I don’t know why. Maybe I felt that was asking too much? Thankfully we don’t have to feel that way with God. We can lay our wants before Him and trust Him to say yes or no as He sees fit.

]]> By: Laurie https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328828 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:41:46 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328828 I have to laugh at your honesty. Of course we try to spell it out for God like we do for everyone else! Like that is needed!

Thanks for hosting this week!

Look forward to discovering!

Laurie
Ridge Haven Homestead
Homestead Blog Hop

]]> By: Michele Morin https://lisanotes.com/spell-it-out-for-god/#comment-328827 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:24:06 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=29182#comment-328827 “He needs no backstory…”
That’s such good news to me. My words get in the way sometimes!

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